Theresa, I always save my eggshells, let them dry and grind them up. I mix
them into the ground when I plant peppers and tomatoes and top dress w/
crushed eggshell once a month thereafter. No more blossom end rot. Quit
eating and growing tomatoes about 5 years ago (horrendous heartburn) but it
always worked.
On 7/12/07, Jesse Bell <silverhawk@flash.net> wrote:
>
> NOW...if I can just manage to harvest a tomato!!! I have some small ones
> growing from the baskets, but with the overcast weather we have had for
> over a MONTH now, they don't get the sunshine they need. Still got my
> fingers crossed though. I LOVE the fact that the cutworms cannot get
> them. I hate to kill those because they become luna moths and I think
> they are beautiful - this way it's a win/win situation (so far).
>
>
>
> Lynda Young <lyoung@grindertaber.com> wrote:
> That's interesting, Jesse. I, too, have miserable luck with tomatoes and
> have been wondering if those planters are worth the investment. I might
> have to give them a try. Thanks for the testimonial.
>
> Lynda
> Zone 7 West TN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [mailto:owner-gardenchat@hort.net] On
> Behalf
> Of Jesse Bell
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 1:02 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tomatoes!
>
> O.K. - my 2 cents worth and experiment with tomatoes this year. I grew
> the BEST tomatoes when I lived in Kansas City, and since then, I cannot
> seem to grow them for many reasons (Texas - too hot, too many
> grasshoppers that loved them, Oklahoma - those tomato worms either eat
> them to the ground in one day while I'm at work (grrrrr) or the weather
> is so crazy, they rot or dry up. SO - this year I bought two of those
> "hang-upside-down" planters from Gardeners Supply. I ordered the special
> dirt too. They hang on my back porch where the rain won't soak them
> (this year that has been a blessing), I can control the water they get,
> and they get plenty of sunshine, but shade too. So far - the cut worms
> have not been able to find them either. Haven't seen any spider webs on
> them. My other tomatoes are in large pots and have either rotted from
> too much rain, or the cut worms got them, OR the blossom end rot has
> them. So far, my hand-upside-down planters are the best ones so far.
>
>
> Here is the link for the planter:
>
>
> http://www.gardeners.com/Topsy-Turvy-Vegetable-Planter/default/StandardCatal
> og.PotsPlanters_HangingPlanters.36-450.cpd
>
>
> Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:
> I grow several varieties of cherry tomatoes in pots in my breezeway,
> and they all do much better than those in the regular garden - either
> the small ones or the standard size. The cherries are beginning to
> ripen and are so heavily loaded with fruit that some branches are
> breaking - helped by the squirrels that climb into the pots to get
> up to the bird-feeder. They do take a lot of water - sometimes
> twice a day in really hot weather - but I have grown them this way
> for years.
> The standard size in my garden are just beginning to set fruit. I
> never expect to have ripe tomatoes before the first of August, but
> the very cool nights earlier this summer - it was 41 degrees on
> July 2 - inhibited the setting of fruit. Even the local farm market
> does not have ripe tomatoes yet this summer.
> Auralie
>
> In a message dated 07/12/2007 11:08:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> tchessie1@sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> Thanks Patricia- I think that is may be impossible to keep a tomato
> plant evenly waters in a pot here. On the 4th of July it was 110,
> yesterday we had the oddest weather and it was only 87 and cloudy. So,
> I'll try adding some calcium to the soil and hope for the best. It is
> doesn't work, then oh well. I have 5 other plants in the garden with no
> problems. I'll just know not to plant in a pot int he future.
>
>
>
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